MONUMENTED

Etymology

Verb

monumented

simple past tense and past participle of monument

Adjective

monumented (not comparable)

marked by the positioning of a monument, often in the form of a small stone or concrete structure

Source: Wiktionary

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MONUMENT

Mon"u*ment, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. monumentum, fr. monere to remind, admonish. See Monition, and cf. Moniment.]

1. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial. Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. Philips. Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. Shak.

2. A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions. On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. Shak.

3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.

4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record. Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. Foxe.

Syn.

– Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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